Re: Translators doc

Dave Hall ([email protected]) wrote:
> > elsewhere, I did ask myself whether it would be a good idea to switch to a
> > .po-scheme as source for the translation files. I know that po-files has been
> > discussed (and shot down) before, but as far as I understand it, the idea then
> > was to use po files instead of the database while I'm just asking myself
> > whether or not translators would benefit from being able to work with po files
> > (there are, after all, a few tools that aim to facilitate translations, and
> > someone must have found them to be of great enough help to write them).
> > Whether or not phpGW should generate the current lang files or import po files
> > into the database is another issue.

> gettext is good, and is what dan and jengo decide to go for in
> experimental.  There are several issues (imho) which need to be
> considered:

> * php-gettext support in distros
> * performance
These two (and the lerning curve for the application developers) are why I'm
limiting my suggestion to using gettext as a format to generate the currently
used lang files, not actually using it within phpgroupware.

> * learning curve
This is where I'm wondering (without having any predictions about the outcome)
how the translators view being able to stay within phpgroupware to do
translation (as this seems to be the main advantage of the current scheme for
the tool side) or being able to use the gettext-based tranlator's aids.

I'm sorry if my last message didn't stress enough that I'm not suggesting to
change much (or possibly anything at all) of phpgroupware itself, it's only a
thought about the process of actually translating stuff.
In particular, my idea is generating the current style lang files or parsing
the po files (once, namely when they're added) by hand if there are issues
with php-gettext.

> I will re add the translation team list to the CC, as they are the
> people who do the translations :)
I should learn that. I hope this mail get's through without me being
subscribed to -translation.

Kind regards

Thomas